Grip of the Strangler

A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.

Genre : HorrorCrimeMysteryThriller

Runtime : 78 mins

Release Date : 1958-05-11

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The Haymarket Strangler Returns! Boris Karloff plays a man who comes to believe that a serial killer from 20 years previously was innocent of the murders for which he was hanged. The case starts to consume him, literally... Based on the story "Stranglehold" written by Jan Read, pic unfolds as...

Cast

Boris Karloff

(James Rankin)

Jean Kent

(Cora Seth)

Elizabeth Allan

(Barbara Rankin)

Anthony Dawson

(Supt. Burk)

Vera Day

(Pearl)

Tim Turner

(Dr. Kenneth McColl)

Diane Aubrey

(Lily Rankin)

Max Brimmell

(Newgate Prison Turnkey)

Leslie Perrins

(Newgate Prison Governor)

Jessica Cairns

(Asylum Maid)

Dorothy Gordon

(Hannah)

Desmond Roberts

(Dr. Johnson)

Roy Russell

(Medical Superintendent)

Derek Birch

(Guyse Hospital Superintendent)

Peggy Ann Clifford

(Kate)

John Fabian

(Young Blood)

Joan Elvin

(Can-Can Girl)

Audrey Sykes

(Laughing Lady at Hanging (uncredited))

Marie Devereux

(Show Girl (uncredited))